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Ancient wisdom and sly cunning: sweet mountain sage leaf, bay laurel, golden amber, angelica root, tobacco leaf, and a husky animalic musk.


Fear of Flashing Lights Pummeling flares of lemon peel and sparks of peppermint under a lime-green strobe.




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Golden amber and lotus blossom, cherry blossom and white teak, mallow root and wildflower honey. Marshmallow, honey, touches of cherry blossom and amber. This one is a grown up sexy marshmallow smell. It's sweet, seductive, and naughty. Medium throw and wear length.

An oil for musicians, writers, poets, painters, illustrators, sculptors, dancers, vocalists, smiths, fiber artists, and all others in the arts. This oil is not only an oil of artistic inspiration and a boon to creativity, but also an oil of prominence and power: it is an oil designed to push your artistic achievements to greater heights, to enhance public respect for you as an artist and for your creative output, and to draw the positive attention of media, benefactors, clients, agents, and other people in positions of tangible support and power. Simply put, it is a sovereignty blend for artists, creators, and crafters. Steam-distilled mugwort essential oil (Artemisia herba-alba) and mugwort from the TAL garden (Artemisia vulgaris), aloeswood essential oil (Aquilaria crassna Pierre ex Lecomte), ylang ylang absolute (Cananga odorata var. genuine), steam-distilled benzoin dilution and benzoin tears (Styrax benzoin), vanilla absolute (Vanilla planifolia), fossilized amber oil (Oleum succini), organic marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis), pink rose petals (Rosa damascena), organic rose de mai extract (Rosa x centifolia), Bulgarian rose otto (Rosa x damascena ), frankincense essential oil (Boswellia serrata) and tears (Boswellia papyrifera), bay laurel essential oil and leaves from the TAL garden (Laurus nobilis), jasmine absolute (Jasminum grandiflorum), white lotus absolute (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn),lotus stamens (Nelumbo nucifera), blue lotus petals (Nymphaea caerulea), apple fiber and fruit extract (Malus domestica), blackberry leaf and fruit extract (Rubus fruticosus), 24-karat gold, silver, and white vegetal musk.

This is an oil of healing and an oil for healers. Great Joy to Mankind is dedicated to – and was crafted under the auspices of – Asclepius and was crafted to strengthen the body, soothe the mind, and calm emotional turmoil. It is an oil that fortifies health, augments health and healing protocols, and assists in fortifying and protecting healers, caregivers, and those in charge of shielding their households from harm. Organic sage leaf (Salvia officinalis) and white sage (Salvia apiana) from the TAL garden, clary sage essential oil (Salvia sclarea), western red cedar essential oil and leaf (Thuja plicata), Atlas cedarwood essential oil (Cedrus atlantica), cypress essential oil and leaf from the TAL garden (Cupressus sempervirens), frankincense tears (Boswellia sacra) and essential oil (Boswellia carteri), Rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica), angelica root and essential oil (Angelica archangelica), bay essential oil and leaves from the TAL garden (Laurus nobilis), calendula petals (Calendula officinalis) from the TAL garden, chamomile flowers (Matricaria recutita) and Moroccan chamomile (Ormenis mixta) and blue chamomile (Matricaria recutita) essential oil, saffron (Crocus sativus), rosemary essential oil and leaf from the TAL garden (Rosmarinus officinalis), white copal resin (Bursera jorullense), echinacea petals from the TAL garden (Echinacea angustifolia), organic ashwagandha root (Withania somnifera), lemon balm from the TAL garden (Melissa officinalis), amber oleum succini, and carnelian chips that were washed in frankincense hydrosol.

Sweet aged patchouli, bourbon vanilla, Mysore sandalwood, hay, wild grass, beeswax, and treemoss.

Honeyed mead, blackberries, and a whiff of clove and cinnamon. This is a fruity, heady mead. Good throw and wear length.

Apple peel, and the vetiver and patchouli sort of smell like dirt underneath your feet. So basically you're in an apple orchard, eating an apple and dirt is under your feet. Warm, fresh, fun.

Bourbon, tobacco, a whiff of frankincense. In fact, I get a very deep booziness and tobacco from this. And I sort of fucking love it? Yes, this is rich, sexy, and smells like the fall. 10/10. Need more.

A brilliant mix of wisteria, honeysuckle and jasmine. It's definitely a bouquet of all three, and it smells both spring-summery, and since we were unable to really be outside this year, it smells like a delicious garden outside. It's sunny, cheery, and floral. Great throw and wear length.

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Fresh pineapple, a touch of black currant, and a whiff of powdery musk on the drydown. Mainly pineapple. Fresh and sweet, and fruity. Low throw, and medium wear length.

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Mainly a sweet vanilla-esque gardenia. It's velvet petal soft, and you get the champaca grounding the gardenia. Oh heck, this actually is a gardenia blend I can wear. Creamy, fresh, gardenia. Low throw, medium wear length. Pretty AF. This is like the BPAL equivalent of an instagram filter. It immediately makes who you are prettier.

Golden amber, murky black musk, pumpkin vines, and pumpkin pulp.

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[No additional description provided.] The hemp and moss combine with the dead leaves so I end with something very green and almost tomato leaf like, with a base of dirty frankincense. Again, not really a dead leaves blend. More like autumn in a dying garden patch. Good throw and wear length.

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Silken white musk, king mandarin, lavender bud, peony, lilac, red musk, and red currant.

Pomegranate and autumn apple with tea roses, red musk, a bouquet of pale grave flowers, and a winding sheet of white sandalwood and dusky vanilla. Crypt Princess starts off as roses and pomegranate heavy. Some of the apple, sandalwood, and white flowers peek through after a few minutes. It dries down to a dark, fruity, very femme blend. Neither Crypt King or Crypt Queen worked for me, but I find Crypt Princess to be much more wearable. Dark, gothy, pom.

A keening cry of rebirth: green fig, Atlas cedar, oakmoss, labdanum, tobacco absolute, and white honey.

Winter sluggishness, December’s malaise. A torpor: thick brown labdanum, tobacco absolute, vetiver, black moss, and black patchouli.

Fear of Loud Noises
 
Christmas crackers detonating like mortars: cinnamon-soaked black musk.
 [Please note: cinnamon perfume contains cinnamon. If you have sensitivities, please pass on this one.]


Fear of the Color White Dry white tea leaf and a hollow, sharp musk.